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. >> in massachusetts we phased in the requirements so that there was a slow roll out. that way you could test the systems as you went along to make sure there wasn't glitches. and the most important lesson that i think the president failed to learn you have to tell the american people the truth. when he told the american people that you could keep your health insurance if you wanted to keep that plan, period. he said that time and again, he wasn't telling the truth. >> romney went on to say the economy has stalled, and the u.s. has lost international credibility since president obama was re-elected. >>> the tea party movement has members of the g.o.p. now taking sides. we go to alabama where a special election shows the true republican divide. >> as the sun sets on the water that defines mobile, alabama, they get to work trying to win the soul of the republican party. >> i've been a fan of dee young's for a long, long time. >> he calls himself a true believer, of the conservative faction, the tea party. >> a country that god can look down on and say i'm proud of this c
. >> in massachusetts we phased in the requirements so that there was a slow roll out. that way you could test the systems as you went along to make sure there wasn't glitches. and the most important lesson that i think the president failed to learn you have to tell the american people the truth. when he told the american people that you could keep your health insurance if you wanted to keep that plan, period. he said that time and again, he wasn't telling the truth. >> romney went...
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in 2010, scott brown of massachusetts wins the special election up there after running a campaign to kill the legislation. his victory gives the gop 41 votes in the senate which gives them the power to block any fixes or improvements in the new law. republican governors across the country refuse to build their own state exchanges putting unexpected pressure on the federal exchanges. then congressional republicans refuse to give hhs the money it needs to build the federal exchange. then there's the obstruction campaigns. they include gop darling like rush limbaugh and dick marsh ways to avoid or sign petitions rejecting their exchanges. then there's the gop icing on the cake. the shutdown and the threat to blow up the economy. strong stuff. ron reagan, i want to start with you. this has been a concerted effort. it's like when you read about lincoln coming to washington because the secession movement has begun. they didn't give this guy a honeymoon. they didn't give him nothing. they started going after him from the beginning. >> no. and they haven't learned their lesson. they just got
in 2010, scott brown of massachusetts wins the special election up there after running a campaign to kill the legislation. his victory gives the gop 41 votes in the senate which gives them the power to block any fixes or improvements in the new law. republican governors across the country refuse to build their own state exchanges putting unexpected pressure on the federal exchanges. then congressional republicans refuse to give hhs the money it needs to build the federal exchange. then there's...
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inyou look at what happened massachusetts, something like 0.3% of what would turn out to be the enrollment figure in that insurance reform program is what they thought the first appeared 123 people. we knew it was going to be a slow build. it is no question it has been made more challenging by the poorly functioning website, and that is on us, and that is why we are dedicating the resources and the brain power to get it fixed. the central issue here, as we talked about before, is not can we build a great website -- it is can we make sure that the american people who deserve affordable, quality health insurance are able to buy it? and that is why the president is so frustrated by the website. more frustrated than anyone else, i think it is fair to say. i will do what i did the other day move up and back. you, jay.ank is there a particular problem that it is trying to address? >> climate change. [laughter] that is a very important problem. i think this is part of the president's overall is to address this challenge that our nation in the entire world is facing. he established a tax force --
inyou look at what happened massachusetts, something like 0.3% of what would turn out to be the enrollment figure in that insurance reform program is what they thought the first appeared 123 people. we knew it was going to be a slow build. it is no question it has been made more challenging by the poorly functioning website, and that is on us, and that is why we are dedicating the resources and the brain power to get it fixed. the central issue here, as we talked about before, is not can we...
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as we look, though, at massachusetts, an example from '0 s '06. enrollment was slow there too, people procrastinating, signing up at the last minute. we fast forward to now and your home state of kentucky. it has emerged as a poster child for the south. we have more than 345,000 website visits, nearly 60,000 applications started and some 32,000 have enrolled. why is kentucky working so well? >> well, i think the governor made a decision very early on that we were going to do our own exchange, took advantage of the federal grant program to build the exchange, brought in very, very good people and made some very critical decisions early on that i think helped. one of them which the federal exchange didn't make was to allow people to browse the site and browse the plans without going through the application process. so to a certain extent we were lucky, but it was basically the commitment of the administration to make sure that it worked. when you're only dealing with one state and one set of providers and one set of insurance rules and one set of in
as we look, though, at massachusetts, an example from '0 s '06. enrollment was slow there too, people procrastinating, signing up at the last minute. we fast forward to now and your home state of kentucky. it has emerged as a poster child for the south. we have more than 345,000 website visits, nearly 60,000 applications started and some 32,000 have enrolled. why is kentucky working so well? >> well, i think the governor made a decision very early on that we were going to do our own...
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. >> right, exactly, and they're a little farther along than massachusetts was at this point. >> woodruff: mary agnes, stay with us. >> ifill: this brings us to another chapter in our series featuring reactions to the affordable care act, as more people become aware of the details. yesterday we aired the story of a washington, d.c. lawyer who was angry that her current insurance policy had been cancelled. tonight we hear from a colorado woman who was diagnosed with cancer just before her husband lost his job and his health care plan. here's some of what she told us: >> i am martha monsson. i'm 59 years old. i was diagnosed when i was 54, january of 2008, with multiple myeloma, which is a bone marrow cancer. the treatments for that mainly are chemotherapy, both oral and what the chemois for essentially, is reduce the number of cancer cells. this treatment is life saving. i would have died probably in february 2008 without it. when i was diagnosed, my husband was the county attorney in morgan county, and we had insurance through them. his job was eliminated, so since then he has been doing
. >> right, exactly, and they're a little farther along than massachusetts was at this point. >> woodruff: mary agnes, stay with us. >> ifill: this brings us to another chapter in our series featuring reactions to the affordable care act, as more people become aware of the details. yesterday we aired the story of a washington, d.c. lawyer who was angry that her current insurance policy had been cancelled. tonight we hear from a colorado woman who was diagnosed with cancer just...
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we've seen it work in massachusetts that would be as undisruptive as possible. and in good faith tried to write the law in a way for people to keep their care. although we believe ultimately they're going to be better off when they're buying health care through the market places they can access tax credits and benefitting from more choice in competition. obviously we didn't do a good enough job in terms of how we drafted the law. that's something we're going to do everything we can to get fixed. >> by the way, that sounds like you're supportive of the legislation. the various things out there. >> we're looking at a range of options. one thing i want to emphasize is everybody is acting as if the existing market was working, and the fact of the matter is that a whole lot of people who were in this individual market who were buying health care on their own because they're not getting it through their employer, they might be happy with it this year. and then suddenly next year the cost got jacked up by 15%, 20%. the average increase on premiums in this individual ma
we've seen it work in massachusetts that would be as undisruptive as possible. and in good faith tried to write the law in a way for people to keep their care. although we believe ultimately they're going to be better off when they're buying health care through the market places they can access tax credits and benefitting from more choice in competition. obviously we didn't do a good enough job in terms of how we drafted the law. that's something we're going to do everything we can to get...
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laws in maine, massachusetts and rhode island, ban shopping on thanksgiving. katherine barrett, what are the crowds like out there? >> well they're growing quite a bit. this store is set to open in just half an hour. there have been people camped out here all night. there are people who started to line up this afternoon. but now the line stretches around the building and back across the parking lot. store managers say it will take until at least 9:00 p.m, even if they open in half an hour to cycle people through to get what they want. they are handing out tickets so there won't be that mad trampling dash for if -- for the door. there were people with tents up who had been camped out here all last night. >> i only had one blanket on me, like a jacket, a sweater and some sweats. my toes were frozen the whole night. >> just first time for me to stand in this line. so it's upsetting. >> we had a big brunch for thanksgiving so we did it all in for breakfast and then we came here. >> now, that young man had talked his dad into giving up that turkey dinner to come he
laws in maine, massachusetts and rhode island, ban shopping on thanksgiving. katherine barrett, what are the crowds like out there? >> well they're growing quite a bit. this store is set to open in just half an hour. there have been people camped out here all night. there are people who started to line up this afternoon. but now the line stretches around the building and back across the parking lot. store managers say it will take until at least 9:00 p.m, even if they open in half an hour...
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from massachusetts to rhode island. economic incentives play a role but people migrate in mass numbers to pursue dreams or skate nightmares and one illustration of the thesis that economic incentives are not paramount is what i call the migration that did not happen. the fact that in three generations from the civil war to world war ii for making 65-1940, 75 years very few southerners migrated to the north despite the fact the wages were constantly two three times higher in the north. economic incentive was there, no political boundary, no border patrol, no immigration station to get through and during the years, more than thirty million immigrants came across the ocean from europe to the united states only 1 million black southerners and 1 million white southerners move from south to north. this is a measure of the depth of the wounds in which 600,000 americans in a country of thirty million died. i mentioned the yankee north tried to impose racial equality on the south, but that was resisted ultimately by voters in th
from massachusetts to rhode island. economic incentives play a role but people migrate in mass numbers to pursue dreams or skate nightmares and one illustration of the thesis that economic incentives are not paramount is what i call the migration that did not happen. the fact that in three generations from the civil war to world war ii for making 65-1940, 75 years very few southerners migrated to the north despite the fact the wages were constantly two three times higher in the north. economic...
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only 123 people in the first month in massachusetts. and then built up steadily over the course of time. 0.3%123 represented .20 -- of what would be the overall enrollment at the end of the day. >> what has called you to challenge that? >> the president has called on the house to take up the legislation and pass it. we are not laying down a challenge. we are obviously disappointed when any lawmaker announces that he or she does not support extraordinarily fair basic americans,for lgbt protection that other americans enjoy, and that they should enjoy. we will work with congress. we look forward to passage in the senate. we are heartened by the developments in the senate that brought us this far. believe the momentum behind equal rights is such that we will prevail as a country on this issue. >> very quickly, the book that -- oming out, double down pre-k's you did not get your copy? >> not yet. the president attended a super pack fundraiser last year on the premise of this book. did he do that? >> i don't remember that. we will have to ta
only 123 people in the first month in massachusetts. and then built up steadily over the course of time. 0.3%123 represented .20 -- of what would be the overall enrollment at the end of the day. >> what has called you to challenge that? >> the president has called on the house to take up the legislation and pass it. we are not laying down a challenge. we are obviously disappointed when any lawmaker announces that he or she does not support extraordinarily fair basic americans,for...
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this is not just the problem of massachusetts. only 18% of the 535 seats in congress are made up of women. there is not enough progress. we need to do everything we can to encourage and support women who are dreaming of running for office. those who are fema legislatures have to set an example for future generations of women i showing them that it can be done. when i was head of the national women's project, i always said when you go through the door that you pushed open, don't close it behind you. keep it open. [applause] the bottom line is, women deserve to be in office. it is not because of the fact that they are women. but they are just as qualified and hard-working as men. too many young woman did not feel they have enough credentials to run. you heard that tonight. they resign themselves to be content in the background. often behind men. a similar who've achieve the level of public office have begun their careers later in life, later than they would have liked. any more women want take the initiative to run unless they are d
this is not just the problem of massachusetts. only 18% of the 535 seats in congress are made up of women. there is not enough progress. we need to do everything we can to encourage and support women who are dreaming of running for office. those who are fema legislatures have to set an example for future generations of women i showing them that it can be done. when i was head of the national women's project, i always said when you go through the door that you pushed open, don't close it behind...
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laws in rhode island, massachusetts and maine ban stores from opening on holidays. as we mentioned, our other cause for the celebration, reason for the season, the 87th annual macy's thanksgiving day parade now winding through downtown manhattan. john terrett has been following the parade. he is in mid town. what was the reaction? because you were there when word went out that the balloons were going to fly >> reporter: there was a huge cheer went up. i have never heard anything like it. all of the people, 8,000 volunteers that macy's wrong els for this parade. when the word went out from amy cute, who is the chief parade officer, she said, we are flying. and everybody went hooray. a big cheer went up. >> that's good. in all seriousness, they took this very, very seriously indeed. and they have to because there are rules if not laws in place now after a couple of incidents in which people were hurt when these balloons came down too close to the ground during high winds. so had the winds been sustained at more than 23 miles an hour or gusting at more than 34 miles an
laws in rhode island, massachusetts and maine ban stores from opening on holidays. as we mentioned, our other cause for the celebration, reason for the season, the 87th annual macy's thanksgiving day parade now winding through downtown manhattan. john terrett has been following the parade. he is in mid town. what was the reaction? because you were there when word went out that the balloons were going to fly >> reporter: there was a huge cheer went up. i have never heard anything like it....
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,ames is up, greenfield massachusetts. caller: thank you for taking my call. if insurance -- auto insurance is considered coverage on the affordable care act. buying automobile insurance would not cover the requirement to purchase health insurance under the affordable care act. what you would need to purchase is a health insurance plan that meets certain standards. that includes hospital stays, not-- drug coverage, charging women more than men and not rejecting anyone for a pre- existing condition. there is a specific set of criteria that an insurance plan needs to me to be compliant with the requirements to carry coverage. host: you have a follow-up? caller: people who are on unemployment, are they covered by the affordable care act? they generally are. there are two requirements for purchasing insurance. you have to be a legal resident and not incarcerated. if you meet those requirements, you are near certainly eligible to use the affordable care act. post" had washington a chart over the weekend. their insurance through medicaid, 13% per medicaid. 13% -- th
,ames is up, greenfield massachusetts. caller: thank you for taking my call. if insurance -- auto insurance is considered coverage on the affordable care act. buying automobile insurance would not cover the requirement to purchase health insurance under the affordable care act. what you would need to purchase is a health insurance plan that meets certain standards. that includes hospital stays, not-- drug coverage, charging women more than men and not rejecting anyone for a pre- existing...
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, let's build the super structure for it in texas, let's build, you know, the and i the avionics in massachusetts and spread the jobs around so there's a whole lot people lobbying for aircraft to be ordered by the military. >> that's exactly what happened to the c27j. despite the plan to scrap the plane, ohio senators, and democratic sherrod brown both fought to keep production going, claiming hundreds of ohio jobs were on the line at national guard facilities there. >> there's an awful lot of politics and senators and cock man congressman looking to keep jobs in their districts. that's an efficient way to equip a military. >> with half a billion dollars already spent, the defense department is making plans to unload the remaining 14 aircraft. >> these will be regenerated for somebody in the federal government and i would expect fairly soon. >> what are the possible uses for this c27j? >> right now, the three most common, entities out there are special operations command, the forest service and coast guard. >> these handovers could end up costing taxpayers even more money. for example, america to
, let's build the super structure for it in texas, let's build, you know, the and i the avionics in massachusetts and spread the jobs around so there's a whole lot people lobbying for aircraft to be ordered by the military. >> that's exactly what happened to the c27j. despite the plan to scrap the plane, ohio senators, and democratic sherrod brown both fought to keep production going, claiming hundreds of ohio jobs were on the line at national guard facilities there. >> there's an...
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it happened ones buffed in 1820 when maine broke away from massachusetts in 1 1863 west virginia carved the themselves t of virginia. people have no idea word their food comes from and w where ther natural gas comes from. let them know we exist and pride divide something that they need. they lack the numbers to pull it off. the result population is a shrinking percentage of the american population and it has a shrinking influential. rich around cool collins says te things that they might get utah ooustofoust -- out of this is attention. it's very success full of bearing public grievances. >> and that may count. but certainly not this year when the votes are counted. >> another big ballot inniche difficulinitiativeis up in texa. it's an initiative of fight" the three years drought. the supporters say the measure will finance important pro proj, but they call it a vehicle for special dr. >> this is where sail boats should float, but these are grounded. this is lake la vonner. >> von near dallas. where the part water level has dropped 12 in any even 12 feat . woorchlts we have to maintain
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in the end more than 36,000 people enrolled in massachusetts . i think as a guide post i think that's a pretty good indicator even without troubles of the website of what kind of sort of phased in process of enrollment we are likely to see. that will be undoubtedly compounded by the problems with the website that have made it so much harder for individuals to shop and enroll. >> just a clarification, he said -- on the bill clinton quote, he said changes, would it take legal changes, act of congress, to address this issue? >> the president has asked his team to come up with options. we are looking at ones that effectively address the problem. >> those that have been struck here are within the context of the law and working with state insurance commissioners. is that the -- the president looking at or team meeting, they don't include seeking a change in the law that would have to go through congress? people who talk to me about it believe the legislative climate is just too difficult to look in that direction. >> beg your indulgence and give you th
in the end more than 36,000 people enrolled in massachusetts . i think as a guide post i think that's a pretty good indicator even without troubles of the website of what kind of sort of phased in process of enrollment we are likely to see. that will be undoubtedly compounded by the problems with the website that have made it so much harder for individuals to shop and enroll. >> just a clarification, he said -- on the bill clinton quote, he said changes, would it take legal changes, act...
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that is roughly the size of the state of massachusetts. 6.5 million syrians are currently without homes. 2 million have fled the country and 4.5 million are said to be internally displaced. >> reporter: more 40% of syria's population now relies on outside help to survive. the ref fees either inside their own country or seeking shelter elsewhere. and the situation is getting worse. the un estimates that figure will rise to half of the population in need of aid by year's end. >> it is not one single event that has caused this. it is a gradual increase because the conflict continues to deteriorate day after day, hour by hour. >> reporter: the two and a half years of civil war have left many syrians without proper sanitation facilities, sufficient food, water, or access to medical help. of those who have fled to neighboring lebanon, the biggest come from these provinces. but for those who have been able to escape the violence, more than 100,000 are seeking shelter in egypt. more than half a million are in jordan. lebanon has the most with more than 800,000 syrians. and together turkey and i
that is roughly the size of the state of massachusetts. 6.5 million syrians are currently without homes. 2 million have fled the country and 4.5 million are said to be internally displaced. >> reporter: more 40% of syria's population now relies on outside help to survive. the ref fees either inside their own country or seeking shelter elsewhere. and the situation is getting worse. the un estimates that figure will rise to half of the population in need of aid by year's end. >> it is...
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, seeing what the plan of massachusetts did. he noted that the president could have seen that people would actually be kicked off their insurance policies, that there was a lot to learn from the states having control including the biggest lesson of all, he said the president should learn to be honest. take a listen. >> obamacare barely made it through washington, as you know. there is no question in my mind that had the president been truthful and told the american people that millions would lose their insurance and millions more would see their premiums skyrocket, had he told them that at the time it was going through washington there would have been such a hew and cry against it, it would not have passed. >> mitt romney goes on to say what was good for massachusetts was not good for everyone. if he actually said some of you are going to be kicked off your insurance we wouldn't be at the place we are right now. some people are saying look at the website. every night it goes down, it's not secure. the other problem is you've got
, seeing what the plan of massachusetts did. he noted that the president could have seen that people would actually be kicked off their insurance policies, that there was a lot to learn from the states having control including the biggest lesson of all, he said the president should learn to be honest. take a listen. >> obamacare barely made it through washington, as you know. there is no question in my mind that had the president been truthful and told the american people that millions...
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i think the question now is if they can get it working, you know, we've seen this in massachusetts where maybe 150 people signed up the first month under romney care. i think it's still too early to tell whether this indeed, whether they can get the website up and working and how many people are trying to sign up. what they should be doing is putting these numbers out daily now. i think waiting until friday for official number $ a mistake. they should be -- we should know every day how many people are signing up. keep it -- make it very transparent from this point forward. jon: if this were a private company signing up these folks and it had, you know, rolled out the website that we've got and it had less than 10% of the customers it had anticipated, i mean, that company could be belly up by now, wouldn't it? >> it's a total disaster but what more than the number is, what is the composition of those that signed up and would a low number suggests is that the composition is not the healthy people that obamacare needs to subsidize the sick and the elderly so the 50,000 number is probably pe
i think the question now is if they can get it working, you know, we've seen this in massachusetts where maybe 150 people signed up the first month under romney care. i think it's still too early to tell whether this indeed, whether they can get the website up and working and how many people are trying to sign up. what they should be doing is putting these numbers out daily now. i think waiting until friday for official number $ a mistake. they should be -- we should know every day how many...
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i grew up in massachusetts where whittier was from. i had whittier rammed down my throat and didn't like him much. when the library of america called me to do the book on whittier, i thought, all right. i reread him and he was marvelous. i was too young for him. besides being a good poet. he was a wonderful man in many ways and was a long time abolitionist. he was more than antislavery. he wanted slavery enended. he didn't the president in a gradual way. i was interested in literary figures whom we know as literary fill your and their history. >> we come to history from a similar literary place. my graduate degree is in american literature, and i live on man tuck et largely because i like mobby dick. [laughter] and he does. >> i wrote a little book about that. and -- >> i'm a fan. and -- like wise. continuing and i was actually named for nathaniel haw thorn. wasn't it said that his biography of franklin piers was the greatest work of fiction he had ever written. >> yeah, it was said that. and he dedicated. when he dedicated a book to f
i grew up in massachusetts where whittier was from. i had whittier rammed down my throat and didn't like him much. when the library of america called me to do the book on whittier, i thought, all right. i reread him and he was marvelous. i was too young for him. besides being a good poet. he was a wonderful man in many ways and was a long time abolitionist. he was more than antislavery. he wanted slavery enended. he didn't the president in a gradual way. i was interested in literary figures...
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. >> reporter: in fact, while the 1621 celebration in plymouth, massachusetts, is sparsely documented, it probably didn't much resemble today's thanksgiving in a lot of ways, including what you might call its economics. the pilgrims, who had already moved toward a cash exchange economy in europe, encountered native people with very different attitudes. toward real estate, for instance. >> the land that was here was for everybody to use. we didn't believe in possessing or owning land. >> reporter: tim turner manages the wampanoag indigenous program at plimoth. >> you might see somebody use a piece of land, but there was never a fence. you were crossing people's property all the time. people were cutting through your homesite all the time. so, our concept of land ownership versus the concept uh that the english had was totally different. >> reporter: also totally different it appears: the wampanoag, though they did trade with each other, weren't profit maximizers. >> you weren't trying to make a profit or look better than anybody else. you took more than everybody else people in the com
. >> reporter: in fact, while the 1621 celebration in plymouth, massachusetts, is sparsely documented, it probably didn't much resemble today's thanksgiving in a lot of ways, including what you might call its economics. the pilgrims, who had already moved toward a cash exchange economy in europe, encountered native people with very different attitudes. toward real estate, for instance. >> the land that was here was for everybody to use. we didn't believe in possessing or owning...
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relating to initiative -- prior to the justice department service he taught 30 years at the university of massachusetts and welcomed here today. please proceed. >> thank you. in the draft report stemming the tried strategy to reduce the growth that cut the cost of federal prison system. and it observes this growth come at -- i agree more with the report. we need consider in order make good decision and as a result may offer cost shifting and that true cost savings. the more comprehensive view of the problem we face would cast the issue differently. we need to reduce not the cost of incarceration or indeed the criminal justice system. but rather the total associate cost of crime including not only expenditure on public safety but the cost of victimization, tangible and intangible to the public. as we seek to do this, the allocation of funds among component of the criminal just i system could be guided by the demonstrated effectivenesses in reducing crime. not the absolute or relative size compared to other component of the criminal justice system. just how large and costly is the prison population? acco
relating to initiative -- prior to the justice department service he taught 30 years at the university of massachusetts and welcomed here today. please proceed. >> thank you. in the draft report stemming the tried strategy to reduce the growth that cut the cost of federal prison system. and it observes this growth come at -- i agree more with the report. we need consider in order make good decision and as a result may offer cost shifting and that true cost savings. the more comprehensive...
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enrollment is ahead of that of massachusetts. host: why is guest: in oh, a number of people are -- you know, a number of people are calling for different sites. it if you can get people into intermediate steps where they can review all levels of the plan, from the gold and platinum plans, still not substantial to the outcome of the world that existed before the affordable care act. people are saying we went to amazon and bought books and did this. it is not the same. how many people, it is a difficult journey. constituents reached out to a navigator, and they consider themselves to be fairly about and well-informed insurance coverage but they still needed a navigator to help them through the different plans and what they would mean to their own pocketbook. it is happening. it is evolving. want to get past the kinks in the system, we will get to a much needed reform that is long overdue. host: when do you think we will see that? guest: give it a few months, we will see improvement, and when we look back in a year or two, we will s
enrollment is ahead of that of massachusetts. host: why is guest: in oh, a number of people are -- you know, a number of people are calling for different sites. it if you can get people into intermediate steps where they can review all levels of the plan, from the gold and platinum plans, still not substantial to the outcome of the world that existed before the affordable care act. people are saying we went to amazon and bought books and did this. it is not the same. how many people, it is a...
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you rolled out a version in massachusetts that was pretty successful in the end. what do you make on what is going on? you express the situation on health care, what do you make on this? particularly the president's position? >> you know, he put himself in a very sticky place, you either have to think he was not telling the truth or is grossly incompetent. either one of the choices is not a good choice. >> which side are you leaning towards? >> i think a little bit of both? >> do you think he lied? >> i don't think he was telling the truth. >> it is the same thing, isn't it? >> yeah, i know, it is harsh for me to say that. i think mitt said on the cbs morning show, the wrinkles will eventually get worked out one way or the other. but the basic credibility of the president is at jeopardy. >> we'll take a short break, when i come back i have this to surprise you with, this is a marshmallow and peanut butter sandwich. what is this called? >> a fluffer nutter -- >> i have never had a fluffer nutter in my life. but after the break, we'll discuss the romney family table
you rolled out a version in massachusetts that was pretty successful in the end. what do you make on what is going on? you express the situation on health care, what do you make on this? particularly the president's position? >> you know, he put himself in a very sticky place, you either have to think he was not telling the truth or is grossly incompetent. either one of the choices is not a good choice. >> which side are you leaning towards? >> i think a little bit of both?...
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the state of massachusetts during the first month signed up barely over 100 people. this is the same thing. what is your reaction to that? is it the same thing? is it just a slow rollout? >> well the state of massachusetts didn't throw off more people every day than were able to sign up. the state of massachusetts didn't spend $600 million and have 3 1/2 years to get this ready. and just, i think it was yesterday, the governor of vermont took action to delay at least a month the implementation. this is a very liberal democratic governor in a very liberal state saying this isn't ready. if the administration had been honest about the figures on day one, day two, day three, the truth is, we would have already had some sort of a reasonable time out to give an opportunity for the american people to properly judge cost benefit and hopefully, reverse this terrible trend of throwing people off health care plans that they liked, that did in fact cover them and costs less. that is something that is going on every day in america. jenna: other than repealing the law, do you have
the state of massachusetts during the first month signed up barely over 100 people. this is the same thing. what is your reaction to that? is it the same thing? is it just a slow rollout? >> well the state of massachusetts didn't throw off more people every day than were able to sign up. the state of massachusetts didn't spend $600 million and have 3 1/2 years to get this ready. and just, i think it was yesterday, the governor of vermont took action to delay at least a month the...
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when it comes to low numbers early in the enrollment stage i think we have to look at massachusetts, which under governor romney introduced health care reform plan very similar to what the president is introduced here and in their first month of enrollment only 123 people enrolled for premium paying plans in massachusetts. they had massive enrollment toward the end of the enrollment period. we always expected enrollment figures to be low. we were saying that before october 1st, obviously the website problems have made it worse but that's why we're working every day because the website is just a means to an end. the end here is getting affordable health insurance to americans who haven't had it in the past. >> the administration has called in experts from google and other tech giants to help fix the obama care website and say the site should be fixed by the end of november. >>> here is something for you to consider if you're going over open enrollment options for your health insurance. the obama administration is loosening rules covering flexible spending accounts. cnn's christine rom
when it comes to low numbers early in the enrollment stage i think we have to look at massachusetts, which under governor romney introduced health care reform plan very similar to what the president is introduced here and in their first month of enrollment only 123 people enrolled for premium paying plans in massachusetts. they had massive enrollment toward the end of the enrollment period. we always expected enrollment figures to be low. we were saying that before october 1st, obviously the...
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. >> you heard the president two tka*eus ago in massachusetts -- two days ago in massachusetts saying it is a pretty popular plan, they reined in the cost. it worked for massachusetts, why not the country? >> this is government trying to put this in practice. when is the last time you went to d.m.v.? you happy with that experience? now for health care you've got to go through the same mish. you've had the series of rolling crises. the rollout a disaster. you've got the upcoming cancellation probably of employer-provided policies. and now looming just out there, just ahead you've got a doctor crisis. >> what do you mean by a doctor crisis? >> doctors are fleeing anything to do with medicare, medicaid and the obama exchanges. >> why? >> because they are not being paid properly. hospitals are not being paid properly. medicare is going to lose $700 billion. doctors are swamped with new paper work, new rules, new regulations, and they've got absolutely no protection whatsoever from lawsuits. they predict 90,000 doctor shortage. 90,000 within six years. 90,000 doctors short. >> you know wha
. >> you heard the president two tka*eus ago in massachusetts -- two days ago in massachusetts saying it is a pretty popular plan, they reined in the cost. it worked for massachusetts, why not the country? >> this is government trying to put this in practice. when is the last time you went to d.m.v.? you happy with that experience? now for health care you've got to go through the same mish. you've had the series of rolling crises. the rollout a disaster. you've got the upcoming...
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laws in rowed island, massachusetts and others banned the stores from opening on the holiday. joining us with more on the beginning of the holiday shopping season. kilmeny duchardt. you are at kmart. they are open on thanksgiving. 6am. anyone shopping. >> believe it or not, yes. there are people shopping. about a dozen shoppers just went in because kmart opened at 6am this year - yes, these retailers are opening earlier and earlier every year. one woman that i spoke to in the front of the line said that what brought her in was the android 7 tab the, which was going for $40. kmart gave that door buster. she's doing holiday shopping as we speak. >> are shoppers getting the best deals if they shop at 6 become. are they better off waiting until black friday or until today? >> well, what some retailers are going is they are staggering the sales to bring customers into the store multiple times, increase the foot traffic which is what they really want, and prevent the mad dashes that we have seen in the past that can be fatal. but it's also a tactic on the retailers part. some custom
laws in rowed island, massachusetts and others banned the stores from opening on the holiday. joining us with more on the beginning of the holiday shopping season. kilmeny duchardt. you are at kmart. they are open on thanksgiving. 6am. anyone shopping. >> believe it or not, yes. there are people shopping. about a dozen shoppers just went in because kmart opened at 6am this year - yes, these retailers are opening earlier and earlier every year. one woman that i spoke to in the front of the...
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the outcome might have been just as bad or worse if they had just given up after scott brown won in massachusetts. >> as everyone can see, we're moments from the president speaking at the wall street journal ceo council. chris christie spoke there yesterday and took a few moments to stand up for the president, suggesting that all of this speculation around 2016 is causing more unnecessary pain for the president. this is what he said. the president just won a year ago and everybody is talking about who's next. there's work to be done in this country. actually, let's take a listen. >> he just won a year ago and everybody is like, so, who's next? there is work to be done in this country. and as we shove him out the door, we minimize his ability to be an effective executive and we shouldn't do that. >> always more interesting when you hear it from chris christie. i think he makes an interesting point. we're all guilty of speculating about 2016 controlling the narrative folk getting about the issues today. do you think it impacted the narrative around president o bam am and sinking poll numbers? >> i
the outcome might have been just as bad or worse if they had just given up after scott brown won in massachusetts. >> as everyone can see, we're moments from the president speaking at the wall street journal ceo council. chris christie spoke there yesterday and took a few moments to stand up for the president, suggesting that all of this speculation around 2016 is causing more unnecessary pain for the president. this is what he said. the president just won a year ago and everybody is...
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terms of trying to make changes they feel a political atmosphere is so charged right now that unlike massachusetts where you had a republican governor romney and a democratic legislature working to fix it as it came out. here any fix, anything that is being done to the law is being done in the face of tremendous opposition. martha: they are not improving that situation yesterday with this nuclear option. they arer in never going to get together now. >> martha, you are right on target. you just exploded the nuclear option. right now it's too polar eye --o polarized in this town. bill: that on the heels of another delay and obamacare. democrats changing the rules in the senate. what about that? hypocrisy? martha: chilling 911 calls just released of the moment an armed man hijacked a school bus that was packed with children. >> it's okay, calm down. >> he got on the school bus with a knife with the bus driver and they are driving down the street. bill: eight years ago republicans were just talking about changing the rules in the senate and democrats railed against it. >> the right of free and open de
terms of trying to make changes they feel a political atmosphere is so charged right now that unlike massachusetts where you had a republican governor romney and a democratic legislature working to fix it as it came out. here any fix, anything that is being done to the law is being done in the face of tremendous opposition. martha: they are not improving that situation yesterday with this nuclear option. they arer in never going to get together now. >> martha, you are right on target. you...
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they had a house in mclean, hyannisport, massachusetts, and a place in middleburg, virginia now up for sale. 11 million bucks. four bedroom, five bath ranch house. the two of them actually designed this together. unfortunately they only got to live together in this and visit a couple of times and then the assassination happened and they sold it. it is up for grabs. anyone interested in the ranch visit loudenblog.com to check it out. >> beautiful piece of property. very cool. >>> let's talk about laptops. you know the new computer smell, not so bad. some new dell laptops that apparently smell like cat urine. i'm not making it up. big complaints about the dell latitude 6430u. it smells like cat pee. they say it smells like a litterbox. people claim they are embarrassed. dell said it is manufacturing process and say it not a health hazard an will replace the smelly computers. if you have one dell will replace it. >> good to know. >> polka time. ♪ ghosts and goblins witches too ♪ ♪ haunted houses bubbling goo ♪ that's the halloween polka ♪ frankenstein goes passing by ♪ childre
they had a house in mclean, hyannisport, massachusetts, and a place in middleburg, virginia now up for sale. 11 million bucks. four bedroom, five bath ranch house. the two of them actually designed this together. unfortunately they only got to live together in this and visit a couple of times and then the assassination happened and they sold it. it is up for grabs. anyone interested in the ranch visit loudenblog.com to check it out. >> beautiful piece of property. very cool. >>>...
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. >> chose the one at the massachusetts general hospital for the reason that it was the most biologically oriented. i'm quite opposed to psychoanalytics -- >> rose: you took the words out of my mouth. are you in sync with the notion nathat neuroscience has overcome psychiatry? >> i am and i was, and that's precisely why-- i mean, i think, you know, the psychiatry, the psychoanalysis, the theory that was rooted in really nothing but speculation and wonderful writing it's freudian theories and the offshoots -- really had to yield to the coming of the knowledge in neurology, behavioral psychiatry, et cetera. and that's why i chose a program where they emphasized that. and that is what really fascinated me, the interaction between the brain and behavior. but old stuff, look, i don't-- i don't want to denigrate it. it works for some people, but i'm not really into the interior life, so after about six years, seven year of medicine, i thought well maybe if you're not interested in the interior life, psychiatry is not for you. and that's why i left. >> rose: it probably was a good choice for you
. >> chose the one at the massachusetts general hospital for the reason that it was the most biologically oriented. i'm quite opposed to psychoanalytics -- >> rose: you took the words out of my mouth. are you in sync with the notion nathat neuroscience has overcome psychiatry? >> i am and i was, and that's precisely why-- i mean, i think, you know, the psychiatry, the psychoanalysis, the theory that was rooted in really nothing but speculation and wonderful writing it's...
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marriage could be defrocked of they found him guilty by breaking his vows by officia officiating the ceren massachusetts. the re reverend says he performd the ceremony out of love and did not mean to disobey the church's teachings. >> michael bloomberg signed landmark legislation raising the minimum wage to buy tobacco. a majority of people get addicted before the hit the age of 2 i 21 and have trouble quitg even if they wanted to. >> george zimmerman was released from a jail cell. he was arrested yesterday and charged with felony aggravated assault. he was acquitted of murdering trayvon martin. >> mcdonalds is getting into promoting local elections in denmark. the restaurants will be decorated with election materials and a few will hold local polling stations. >> the initiative was cookethe e lowest in 40 years. >> it's a wonderful life has a proposed sea quell. proposed -- sequel of the carolyn grimes is to take part in the pr project. at the age of six she played a role she had one of the most famous lines from that movie. "every time a bell rings an angle gets his wings". >> the angels are going to
marriage could be defrocked of they found him guilty by breaking his vows by officia officiating the ceren massachusetts. the re reverend says he performd the ceremony out of love and did not mean to disobey the church's teachings. >> michael bloomberg signed landmark legislation raising the minimum wage to buy tobacco. a majority of people get addicted before the hit the age of 2 i 21 and have trouble quitg even if they wanted to. >> george zimmerman was released from a jail cell....
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and how the obama care woes compare to the health care he brought to massachusetts. stay tuned for your local news. s morning" sponsored by toyota. let's go places. [ woman ] oh, my god! oh, my god! [ laughter ] [ screaming ] [ laughter ] [ screaming ] whoo-hoo-hoo! [ engine revving ] i had no idea we were capable of doing something like that. i'm shaking right now. [ male announcer ] for a limited time get 0% apr financing for 60 months on a new 2014 camry se. there are plenty in stock. drive one home today. [ man ] toyota camry. let's go places. wisest kid? the girls and i need... a new activity. [ giggles ] [ snaps finger ] [ wisest kid ] campbell's tomato soup with grilled cheese. perfect together. what should we do next? i'm liking braids. [ gong ] m'm! m'm! good! when it comes to getting my family to eat breakfast i need all the help i can get. i tell them "come straight to the table." i say, "it's breakfast time, not playtime." "there's fruit, milk and i'm putting a little nutella on your whole-wheat toast." funny that last part gets through. [ male announcer
and how the obama care woes compare to the health care he brought to massachusetts. stay tuned for your local news. s morning" sponsored by toyota. let's go places. [ woman ] oh, my god! oh, my god! [ laughter ] [ screaming ] [ laughter ] [ screaming ] whoo-hoo-hoo! [ engine revving ] i had no idea we were capable of doing something like that. i'm shaking right now. [ male announcer ] for a limited time get 0% apr financing for 60 months on a new 2014 camry se. there are plenty in stock....
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it only happened once before when maine british broke away fm massachusetts. in 1853 west virginia carved itself out of virginia, but that was during the civil war. >> they say they are send being being -- sending the city dwellers a message. people don't know where their food comes from or the natural gas comes in from to heat their home. >> we do provide something that they need. rural rest -- restdents lack the population to pull it off. the professor says the one thing that they may get out of all of? is attention. it's a success successful way of publicizing one's grieve grievances. >> from the heart of rural america and the heart of the big apple the race for new york city mayor is expected to have a big win for the democrat party. >> joe is trying to keep leadership of new york city in republican hands where it's been since it's former boss giulaini was first electioned in is 1993. >> he is running a unionist campaign. a small group of new yorkers are doing very well and every day new yorkers are falling behind. in the last weeks of campaigning they sho
it only happened once before when maine british broke away fm massachusetts. in 1853 west virginia carved itself out of virginia, but that was during the civil war. >> they say they are send being being -- sending the city dwellers a message. people don't know where their food comes from or the natural gas comes in from to heat their home. >> we do provide something that they need. rural rest -- restdents lack the population to pull it off. the professor says the one thing that they...
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in his hometown of boston, massachusetts governor laid a wreath at the slain president's site. >> >> reporter: help us to make the late president's inaugural visit our own so that together as fellow americans we may ask not what our country can do for us, but rather what we can do for our country. >> in dallas where president kennedy was assassinated, five dozen people were invited to daley plaza to commemorate the 50th anniversary. 5,000 people. >> he spoke to the public. he knew words mattered. his words changed lives. his words changed history. [ bells tolling ] >> bells tolled throughout the city of dallas at 12:30 p.m. marking the moment when president kennedy was shot. a new monument to the fallen president was unveiled with an inscription from the final paragraph of the speech jfk intended to deliver on that fateful day. many older americans we talked to in dallas said they felt a deep connection to president kennedy. today, a younger generation got to see why. in dallas -- . >> because of the time difference, people in san francisco learned of the tragic assassination of pres
in his hometown of boston, massachusetts governor laid a wreath at the slain president's site. >> >> reporter: help us to make the late president's inaugural visit our own so that together as fellow americans we may ask not what our country can do for us, but rather what we can do for our country. >> in dallas where president kennedy was assassinated, five dozen people were invited to daley plaza to commemorate the 50th anniversary. 5,000 people. >> he spoke to the...
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billion dollars is split between the five states that sued the bank, new york, california, illinois, massachusetts, and delaware, but the interesting part, and this is a first, jpmorgan agrees to pay out 4 billion dollars as relief directly to consumers. >> will consumers see any benefit from this deal or not? >> yes, about 4 billion dollars is being paid to consumers, about half of that is going towards actually reducing the principal on jpmorgan held loans where the value of the loan is bigger than the value of the house. some of that will go towards restructuring some mortgages to reduce the monthly payments. that's 2 billion dollars. and some will go towards subsidizing new mortgages for low and middle-income borrowers, and some may go to cleaning up properties in distressed areas. >> so is this the end of the legal action against jpmorgan? >> it may not be, because there is one criminal case underway so far in california. jpmorgan is agreeing to cooperate with authorities in the criminal case against it, and unlike prior deals that we have seen this one does not give jpmorgan immunity to crim
billion dollars is split between the five states that sued the bank, new york, california, illinois, massachusetts, and delaware, but the interesting part, and this is a first, jpmorgan agrees to pay out 4 billion dollars as relief directly to consumers. >> will consumers see any benefit from this deal or not? >> yes, about 4 billion dollars is being paid to consumers, about half of that is going towards actually reducing the principal on jpmorgan held loans where the value of the...
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we'll leave the last moment or two of this and take you live to elizabeth warren, the senator from massachusetts, speaking at the u.s. capitol in the russell senate office building. she's speaking to a group called the persons for financial reform and the roosevelt institute, it's just getting underway live here on c-span2. >> we fought shoulder to shoulder throughout the dodd-frank effort and after that in the regulatory efforts and continue that battle today. so i want to start this by saying a very big thank you to americans for financial reform and to the roosevelt institute for inviting me to speak here today. i've been working very closely with afr and with roosevelt, and i am delighted to be here. you know, it has been five years since the financial crisis, but we all remember its darkest days. credit dried up, the stock market crashed, historic institutions like lehman brothers and merrill lynch or were wiped out. there were legitimate fears that our economy was tumbling over a cliff, be and we were heading into another great depression. we averted that grim outcome, but the damage was s
we'll leave the last moment or two of this and take you live to elizabeth warren, the senator from massachusetts, speaking at the u.s. capitol in the russell senate office building. she's speaking to a group called the persons for financial reform and the roosevelt institute, it's just getting underway live here on c-span2. >> we fought shoulder to shoulder throughout the dodd-frank effort and after that in the regulatory efforts and continue that battle today. so i want to start this by...
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we train in the boston, massachusetts area, and every day we come to the rink with a smile. >> reporter: julie knows a thing or two about preparing for olympic competition. he has been a forward on the u.s. women's ice hockey team for the last three olympic games. with the next olympiad quickly approaching julie draws on her experience. >> i think the biggest thing is to stay focused on the present moment. have a great time because it is such an incredible journey. especially for hockey, because it's over a week, two-week period. and really have energy left in the tank later on in the tournament. >> reporter: as a harvard graduate, and three-time olympic medalist, shoou has accomplished much, yet the idea of being seen as a role model is something that surprises her. >> it's a little bit surreal to be honest. when i started playing hockey the dream of being an olympian wasn't there. so now because i have been fortunate enough to event our country on the national team with amazing other players, it really is a responsibility and great honor, and it humbles me because i would never be her
we train in the boston, massachusetts area, and every day we come to the rink with a smile. >> reporter: julie knows a thing or two about preparing for olympic competition. he has been a forward on the u.s. women's ice hockey team for the last three olympic games. with the next olympiad quickly approaching julie draws on her experience. >> i think the biggest thing is to stay focused on the present moment. have a great time because it is such an incredible journey. especially for...
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because mitt romney, who introduced healthcare legislation known as romney care introduced to massachusetts back in 2006 also faced a weak start. only 123 people signed up for the bay state's healthcare plan after the first month. by the end of the first year 36,000 people had signed up. but figures tell us that 20% of those left their enrollment to the final month, until the 11th hour effectively before penalties were not having healthcare kicked in. tony, healthcare dot goff may well be in intensive care for now, but the prognosis to keep the medical puns going, but before you take it back daniel our graphics artist did this as a present for you. it's been a long week of news. and this is the healthcare site. it has a little thermometer in its mouth because it is clearly sick. >> we're on fire. appreciate that, and pass along the thanks. appreciate it. >> okay, halloween is barely over but itnot stop retailers from getting a jump on black friday a month earlier than usual. great detail coming up on this program. "real money" at the top of the hour, but we've got him for a couple of minute
because mitt romney, who introduced healthcare legislation known as romney care introduced to massachusetts back in 2006 also faced a weak start. only 123 people signed up for the bay state's healthcare plan after the first month. by the end of the first year 36,000 people had signed up. but figures tell us that 20% of those left their enrollment to the final month, until the 11th hour effectively before penalties were not having healthcare kicked in. tony, healthcare dot goff may well be in...
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berkshares is a local currency for the boston region the massachusetts. its device was a way to strengthen the comm. >> when you have burke shares, you may not go to mcdonald's. >> at 25 alice's job is to convince customers. >> we have local heroes on the front, artwork on the back. 140,000 bills have been released. >> a lot of this sounds crazy. >> it's not all hippy dip iing businesses. they are excavators, dentists and lawyers. >> there's a discount built into the exchange rate. $20 gets you 20 berkshares and an extra dollar. it's a 5% discount, but it can hurt businesses once they convert back to dollars. >> i can't may the electricity money or vendors with berkshares. the retailers take the hit. we are not urn happy. >> in amsterdam ta nonprofit extended a half million grant to start offering berkshare loans. >> the formal banking system is not willing to support small and local entertrieses. by introducing the loan system been the berkshare currency. it's an important step. for now it's seen as a way to connect with neighbours. >> i'm showing you it
berkshares is a local currency for the boston region the massachusetts. its device was a way to strengthen the comm. >> when you have burke shares, you may not go to mcdonald's. >> at 25 alice's job is to convince customers. >> we have local heroes on the front, artwork on the back. 140,000 bills have been released. >> a lot of this sounds crazy. >> it's not all hippy dip iing businesses. they are excavators, dentists and lawyers. >> there's a discount built...
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we know it works fine in massachusetts. it's up and running. let's give the thing a chance to work here. i'll admit we've had a horrible rollout since october 1st. but that same thing happened in social security. it happened in medicare part "d." let's give it a chance and see where it ends up. >> james carville and bill kristol, thank you very much. richard haass, thank you as well. meacham, can you stay with us? >> yes, ma'am. >> up next, the bully pulpit. doris kearns goodwin here with her brand-new book on the golden age of journalism. princeton professor evan thomas joining us for that as well. you're watching "morning joe." we'll be right back. american express credit card, every purchase earns you 2% cash back, which is deposited in your fidelity account. is that it? actually... there's no annual fee and no limits on rewards. and with the fidelity cash management account debit card, you get reimbursed for all atm fees. is that it? oh, this guy, too. turn more of the money you spend into money you invest. it's everyday reinvesting for you
we know it works fine in massachusetts. it's up and running. let's give the thing a chance to work here. i'll admit we've had a horrible rollout since october 1st. but that same thing happened in social security. it happened in medicare part "d." let's give it a chance and see where it ends up. >> james carville and bill kristol, thank you very much. richard haass, thank you as well. meacham, can you stay with us? >> yes, ma'am. >> up next, the bully pulpit. doris...